+14%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center rose 14% between 2006 and 2009 ($10.5k → $12.0k).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, Texas. 1,374 undergraduate students. 36 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+91%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center rose 91% between 1999 and 2002 (33.3% → 63.6%).
+70%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are 70% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($92.3k vs $54.5k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$92,348+10% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$84,007
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry—+18% · '98→'02
Texas median 51.8%$11,250-26% · '97→'09
At program completion1,374+93% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—
first-time, full-time—-24% · '01→'02
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
1.6%Median federal debt $11,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $92,348 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+93%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · undergrad enrollment rose
766 → 1,482
-26%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · median debt fell
$16,236 → $12,000
+35%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · pell share rose
19.7% → 26.6%
+41%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · earnings_median_10yr rose
$65,500 → $92,348
+40%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · earnings_median_8yr rose
$63,100 → $88,633
+37%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · earnings_median_6yr rose
$61,300 → $84,007
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Medicine.$167,586Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$143,955Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$143,803Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$120,246Health and Medical Administrative Services.$89,550Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$88,194Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$87,639Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$84,433Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.$79,290Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$76,455Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$73,354Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$70,088Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$65,401Health and Medical Administrative Services.$65,394Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$61,047
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
15 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$88,194Health and Medical Administrative Services.$89,550Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$120,246Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$76,455Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$61,047Health and Medical Administrative Services.$65,394Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$65,401Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$70,088Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$73,354Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$143,955Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$87,639Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$143,803Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$84,433Medicine.$167,586
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center graduates earn $X” — not “Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.